Sexual selection typically produces ornaments in response to mate choice, and armaments
in response to male–male competition. Unusually among mammals, many primates exhibit …

Exaggerated male traits can evolve under intra-or intersexual selection, but it remains less
clear how often both mechanisms act together on trait evolution. While the males of many …

Highlights•Nonsex-specific colourful traits can potentially influence mate choice.•In most
primate species, it is unclear if males attend to colourful female traits.•We tested the effect of …

Primates appear unusual among mammals in the expression of female colorful ornaments in
the absence of sex role reversal. Most studies of female ornamentation in primates have …

Sexual selection produces extravagant male traits, such as colorful ornaments, via female
mate choice. More rarely, in mating systems in which males allocate mating effort between …

Male sexually selected traits can evolve through different mechanisms: conspicuous and
colorful ornaments usually evolve through intersexual selection, while weapons usually …

Reddish pelage and red hair ornaments have evolved many times, independently, during
primate evolution. It is generally assumed that these red‐coat phenotypes, like red skin …

Males in many vertebrate species have colorful ornaments that evolved by sexual selection.
The role of androgens in the genesis and maintenance of these signals is unclear. We …

Researchers studying individual variation in conspicuous skin coloration in primates have
suggested that color indicates male quality. Although primate fur color can also be …

In the animal kingdom, conspicuous colors are often used for inter-and intra-sexual
communication. Even though primates are the most colorful mammalian taxon, many …